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Patented Deo. 26, 1882.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMOND A. WARREN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AssrGNOR Cro HtMsELF AND THOMASJ. MOORE, OF sAME PLAGE.

TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,753, dated December26, 1882.

Application filed January 21, 18E-. (No modelj To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, EDMOND A. WARREN, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Tags, of which the following is a specitication.

Uy invention relates to merchandise or shipping tags, which are commonlymade ofpaper; and the object ot the invention is to prevent ro thetearing ofsueh tags, and also prevent thetn from curling up or beingrutnpled in use.

To this end the invention consists in a paper tag composed of two pliesor thicknesses, and provided with a strengtherring-frame composed ofawire or string extending around the tag near the margin, therebycont'orming'to the shape of the tag, and secured between the two pliesor thicknesses by pasting or eement'ing them together both inside andOutside Of the 2o frame.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a face view of atagembodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a transverse section thereof.Fig. 3 represents a face view of one ot the plies or thicknesses ofwhich the tag is composed and the strengthening wire or string, and Fig.d represents a face view of a tag of modified form.

Similar letters of reference designate correspending parts in all theiigures.

A designates the tag, which is composed ot' two plies or thicknesses ofManila paper or other material of which such tags are usually formed,and which are of the same size and outline.

B designates a wire or string, which is inserted between the two pliesor thicknesses, as clearly seen in Fig. 2, and which is carried entirelyaround the margin of the tag ata little 4o distance from its edge, so astoform astrengthening-frame. The two end portions ofthe wire or string Bissuefrotn between the plies or thicknesses, and they may be twisted atB, Figc. l and 3, and be prolonged beyond the twist, so as to form endsB2, which are long enough to provide for attaching the tag convenientlyto any article on which it is desired to use it. Instead of having thetwo end portions of the wire or string prolonged to any 'considerablelength, [may form inthe wire or 5o string B a loop or c ve, a, as seenin Fig. 4, through which the tying string or wire may be inserted. Afterthe wireor stringB is inserted thetwopliesorthicknesses arecetnented,glued,

or pasted together throughout theirextentand on both sides of `the wireor string B. This holds the twoplies together, and secures the wire orstring properly in place.

Where an ordinary tag commences to tear, only the strength ofthe paperprevents it from 6o being torn entirely in two; but ifthe margin of thistag begins to tear it will stop as soon as the strengthening wire orstring is reached.

I am aware that tags have been made in which the fastening wire ordevice is secured to the tag by folding over and pasting down a portionof the tag, thereby forming two plies or thicknesses, between which thewire or device is held; but this has been done simply to prevent thetearing'out of the fastening de- 7o vice, and not with a view toprevent, and has not prevented, the tearing of the tags elsewhere.

Ido not claim a tag of the kind just described as included in myinvention. By my invention I form a strong' frame, surrounding the tagnear its margin, which will protect the tag against heilig torn at anypoint, as the slightest tear will be prevented from extending inward bythe frame, and which will also 8ol prevent the curling up Or rutnplingof the tag.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The tag A, composed of two plies or thicktresses, and provided with thestrengtheningframe B, composed of a string or wire extending around thetag near the margin and secured between the two plies or thicknesses bypasting or cementing them together both inside and outside the frame,whereby the tag is 9o l protected all around the margin against beingtorn, and is prevented, from curling up or becoming rumpled,substantially as herein described.

EDMOAT D A. WARREN. Witnesses FEEDK. HAYNES, A En. GLA'LZMAYER.

